//------------------------------// // Meet the Okama: Setbacks + Deleted Scene // Story: My little Okama : Cross-dressing is Magic // by RaptorJesus //------------------------------// Author's Notes: Hey everynyan!~ How 'you doin'? So, here comes the new chapter, with ACTUAL NEW CONTENT! Eeyup, the rewrite ends there. Starting with the next chapter, everything will now be 100...95% original. Please tell me what you thought of it, readers' feedback is very important to me (especially for my ego :p). I especially need it on this chapter: I can still make some changes to the story (I have several alternate continuities planned^^') if the stuff in this chapter was ill-received. I'd rather avoid to have to rewrite several chapters again xD Anyway, Enjoy!~ RaptorJesus ----- "Is it really that much further, Apple Bloom?" asked the tiny white unicorn, clearly tired by the long march between Ponyville and Froggy Bottom Bog. It didn't help that their guide made them walk in circle for almost half an hour. "It ain't much furtha'!" answered Apple Bloom, walking giddily before her four friends. --- “Jyoudan janai wa you!~” To say that Twilight’s quick explanation of the situation didn’t convince Bon Clay would be a gross understatement. The Doctor's clarifications didn't help much... “Nothing you said make sense!" The Okama hesitated for a second, looking at the adorable lizard soundly asleep on Rarity's back. He was snorting smoke. "Well, except for the whole "dragons are real" thingy. Although I've seen weirder." "Like his face every morning in the mirror," murmured Rainbow Dash, earning a snicker from Applejack and Derpy, and a glare from Fluttershy of all ponies. Twilight was about to give it another try, but Princess Celestia gently unfolded a wing, showing her protégé her will to clarify the situation herself. “Mister Bon Clay, I’m afraid that I've never seen anything quite like you in my long reign. No creature like you ever walked under my Sun.” The Okama’s brain was trying to wrap itself around these new pieces of information. He certainly wasn’t an idiot, although he lacked severely in the common sense department... However, suddenly learning that you're on some unknown planet does a number on your thought process. “You never saw any other human before…You own the Sun…” Realization finally downed on him. “This…This is not my world! This can’t be! …But if I wasn’t killed, then where am I? Why am I- (beat) YOU OWN THE S-S-S-S-SUUUUUUN?!” Pinkie Pie exploded in laughter at the sight of Bon-chan’s uncannily long tongue waving outside of his mouth, as his eyes bulged a few centimeters out of their orbits. The others’ reaction was more along the line of “What in the name of Celestia, Luna and everything that’s sane and right is that?!”, except for Celestia herself who managed to keep her composure. Barely. The girls sure found quite the specimen… “How do you do that? That’s so funny! Tell me! Tell me!” was shouting a pink blur bouncing all around him. His brain was screaming for him to satisfy the mare’s curiosity and forget about the whole matter, but he paid it no heed. Right now, he needed to know where exactly he ended up. When I said "I want to travel through the whole world and beyond!" I didn't meant it LITTERALY! Princess Celestia, struggling more and more to stay collected, carefully grabbed the pink pony in her telekinetic grip to pull her away from Bon Clay, gently holding her at ground level. Not that Pinkie Pie seemed to mind – or even acknowledge - her grasp. The mare simply kept making bouncing motions without moving from her position on the floor. “Like I told you, I am technically the Goddess of Sun, even if I don’t like the very idea of being thought of as a deity.” The regal alicorn paused, remembering the glint of fear behind almost every single pair of eyes that ever looked in her general direction. Even Twilight’s… She sighed, which didn't escape the Okama's attention. She isn't kidding when she says she doesn't like it, uh? “It seems you indeed come from another world… How you ended up in this place is a mystery however.” --- If he had been told twelve years ago that his exile would lead him to meet an alien creature, the Doctor would have probably dismissed it as some sort of joke. Not that life in Ponyville wasn't fascinating in its own right. He didn't regret settling down here, even more so since Twilight Sparkle arrived in town. Ponyville was now used to the weekly wacky weirdness, and yet, even here meeting an awkwardly amusing alien life form was unbelievable. It was evidently extremely exhilarating... But being around Princess Celestia and the clever Twilight for any extended period of time was doing a number on his nerves. I hope they don't see right through me... --- “You come from another world…” said dreamingly the purple unicorn standing next to the Princess. Her stupor didn’t last, though, and soon she was bouncing around Bon Clay just like Pinkie Pie did moments before. “Incredible! Oh, I have so many questions! So many tests! Should I report you my results later, Princess?” The white alicorn was a bit surprised by this outburst. Twilight was positively beaming at her, her eyes sparkling brighter than any star – suddenly making her realize how much sense it made for Bon Clay to call her Star-chan. She chuckled at her faithful student's endless curiosity. Oh, Twilight, you’re so adorkable! “It would be my pleasure Twilight, but don’t you think our guest as a word in the matter? I am sure Mister Bon Clay here as many questions to ask us, too.” “And he totally must show me how he blasted that timberwolf! That was so AWESOME!” fangirl’d Rainbow Dash. “Fangirl’d” was indeed the best term, given how her voice turned into a high-pinched screech mid-sentence. “OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHH!” Everyone, including a startled baby dragon that just woke up from the previous…incident, turned to Pinkie Pie. Her grin was even wider than usual, her bright white teeth shining as if a powerful lamp was illuminating them. She wore her “I have the most insane idea” look (also known as “Pinkie’s Default Expression”), her eyes opened just as wide as her mouth. While Bon Clay was troubled by her sudden shout out, the other ponies were simply waiting for their friend’s usual nonsense. Rainbow Dash and Derpy in particular seemed eager to know what weird-yet-hilarious idea she came up with this time. “We have things to tell him and he has things to tell us! That can means only one thing!” She stood on her hind legs, before grabbing a drum she somehow pulled out of a crowded bookshelf. Once again, to Bon Clay’s surprise, nopony batted an eye. The lavender unicorn was the only one to seem a bit…disturbed. Triple check...No. I'm burning that place down to the ground and rebuilding it somewhere else. Somewhere far. “Drum rolls!” *Tapatapatapatapatapata…* Let me guess, thought an exasperated Twilight, rolling her eyes, she keeps drums in every building in case she needs dramatic tension build-up? What can be best described as a storm of confetti and streamers fell from the ceiling all around the hyperactive mare as she finally revealed her idea: “Let’s play TRUTH OR DARE!” --- "Are we there yet?" asked the orange pegasus, bored by their long walk. She went to the Bog once or twice, and she was pretty sure it wasn't THAT far. She wasn't even that enthusiastic about "Cutie Mark Crusaders Frog Catchers" to begin with. "It ain't much furtha'!" answered Apple Bloom, starting to get aggravated by her friends' whining. --- The Princess of the Night was wondering what exactly went wrong. We wouldn't say it went "wrong". Admit at least it was liberating, Queen. I hate to admit it... But you're right on this one, Nightmare. Ah! Knew it! One moment, she was just sitting here in the throne room, channeling all of her fortitude not to telekinetically strangle her moronic nephew half to death. A sentence from him later – which she didn’t even remember – and she was doing just that. Not that he didn’t deserve it (how and why Celestia made that brat a Prince was beyond her), nor that his current expression wasn’t priceless (she made sure to take a few pictures using an inconspicuous photographic spell), but it wasn’t really a good idea to hurt somepony as influent as him when half of Canterlot’s population still expected her to bring eternal night at any moment. Puh-lease. They expect US to bring Eternal Night. And they'd deserve it, these foals! Next time we take control, we'll show them! Shush. We're NOT doing that ever again. You wish, Queen. She had only just freed him from her choking grasp that he was already galloping in the castle’s corridor, screaming to anypony in sight that Nightmare Moon returned. Tch. If we had returned, thou wouldn't have legs to run away with, thou insufferable whelp! The Princess of the Night was relieved to hear that the only answer he got from the servants and guards were laughter, the palace’s personal all too happy to see him put in his place for once. “We guess we can forget about our appearance at the Grand Galloping Gala this year?” she asked to the night guard standing beside the throne. She was quite proud she managed to get rid of her antiquated language since her last visit to Ponyville. Sure, she would sometimes leap back into the Royal Canterlot Voice and couldn’t bring herself to drop the Royal We in public yet, but her progress was overwhelming. I shall become the most “fun” Princess there is! Unconsciously, Luna hoofpumped, a proud look on her face as thin clouds of steam escaped from her nostrils. We can't WAIT to see that..., Nightmare added, dripping with sarcasm. “Eeyup…” The guard waiting next to her throne almost asked her what made her so proud of herself, but decided against, her satisfied look being too nice to disturb. She chuckled, not sure if she should be sad or happy at the prospect of missing the Gala. Not sure, really? The less time we spend with these annoying nobles, the best. Nopony asked for your opinion, Nightmare. Even if I tend to agree... It was too late to try to fix it, anyway, and it was the occasion to end her court session for today – meaning she could join her sister and friends to meet that weird creature they talked about earlier! Now THAT's a good idea! We are longing for some action, even if these annoying idiots are a wonderful source of inspiration for new torture devices... Will you PLEASE shut up? I don't know why you feel so talkative today, but I could do without, thank you. “Get our chariot ready! We will use this unexpected free time to visit our dear friend Twilight Sparkle.” “As you wish, your Highness!” With a flap of his bat-like wings, the guard left through a window to warn his colleagues. --- Pinkie’s suggestion was met with an all-you-can-eat buffet of facehooves, some ponies even managing a double-facehoof. Twilight, in a feat of flexibility nopony knew her capable of, pulled a triple-facehoof at her friend incredibly foalish suggestion. Today has been EXTREMELY taxing on the poor unicorn's nerves, and she was almost at her breaking point. Their guest, however, was already dancing with Pinkie, celebrating her idea. “NYAHAHA~♥! It has been so~ long since I last played a game! You really have great ideas Party-chan!" In the blink of an eye, he sobered up, suddenly turning serious. "…Even if that doesn’t really make any sense.” “Y’all learn soon enuff’ that ol’Pinkie just doesn’t do sense, big guy.” Applejack obligingly explained. “Err…Princess? We’re not really going to play Truth or Dare, right?” Twilight asked, already hyperventilating at the idea of playing Truth or Dare with the Princess. Fully aware of her student’s distress, even if she didn’t quite understood her reasons, the alicorn decided to step in. “I must admit I haven’t played such a game in a long time. However, I think we should at least learn more about you before we begin. I understand that you have plenty of questions to ask, and that after the ordeal you appear to have gone through a game would be much appreciated, but I need to be sure that you are not a threat to my little ponies." I sure hope he's not. As foalish as it may be, it would be my first game in quite a while... And I really want to know what makes Twilight so anxious! “Fine by me~! NYAHAHA~♥!” Dammit! I hoped I could avoid speaking about my past for a while... But I guess that it was to be expected, with the amount of injuries I had... “Excuse me, Bon-chan, darling, but do you really have to cackle and spin to punctuate every one of your sentences? That really doesn't fit well with the care you have for your make-up.” “Save the questions for the game~” The white unicorn frowned. “…But of course, dear.” I wanted to ask him for a massage! Now I’ll have to choose between the two! Suddenly, somepony knocked on the door. “Quick! Hide him!” Rainbow Dash shouted. The door was already opening, not leaving nearly enough time to even cast an invisibility or teleportation spell. Derpy acted quickly. She jumped on the bags of flour lying next to her and bucked them. Carefully. As the door opened, a massive white cloud covered everything inside the library. --- The group of foals was still strolling seemingly at random, Apple Bloom still in head, followed by Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, Dinky and Pip trailing behind. "...Are we there yet?" asked both crusaders. The other two were following silently but were just as fed up as them. "NO! WE'RE FAR! VERY, VERY FAR!" Apple Bloom shouted angrily. She pushed away a bush, almost falling in the brownish water of the Bog. "Or...Maybe not so far?" --- The travel by chariot took Luna long enough, longer than she remembered. When she came to Ponyville for Nightmare Night, she could busy herself staring at her stars, but today the Sun wasn’t set yet and she couldn’t keep her mind away from that thing that would be waiting for her in Twilight’s home. She was finally in front of the door, impatient to meet him. It. Whatever. She knocked. For only answer, a cry and the sound of hooves running haphazardly. Sounds like they were expecting Us rather than thou! *cackle* She opened the door and paused, dazed by the view. The whole room was cream white, covered in a thin layer of flour. In front of her, in the back of the room, stood her sister whose mane and tail were already cleaned thanks to their ethereal nature. In the middle of the room, a pegasus was standing on a bunch of torn bags, her eyes looking at both alicorns at once. Aaand we have our culprit. On her right, most of Twilight Sparkle’s friends were standing, although they were quite difficult to identify with their coat and manes washed of their colors. The two unicorns were easy to spot, however, because of their expression. Rarity was vaguely staring at a curl of her mane, seemingly unaware of her surroundings. As for Twilight…The poor unicorn was laughing mechanically, her gaze scanning all over the room as her eyelids twitched like crazy, finally breaking down from the accumulated stress. All it takes to break her was to mess up her library a bit? ...Darn. Our humiliation is even worse than we first thought! On her left, two Pinkie Pies were playing in the flour. Are thou UNDUBITABLY sure that she isn't related to the Harbinger of Chaos in any way? ... I'm... Having doubts, now... “Errr…Hello everypony?” --- Luna noticed her sister’s horn was glowing, her pure gold magic slowly enclosing the whole room. In a flash, the flour disappeared, to the disappointment of some ponies and the relief of others. Twilight’s mood improved greatly (staring blankly is an improvement from laughing like a madmare, right?), Rarity squealed in joy as her mane was back to her natural color and Pinkie Pie was pouting in a corner of the room. And next to a bookshelf. At the same time. Somehow. Twilight Sparkle explained her a while ago that Pinkie Pie saw the laws of nature more as a list of suggestions, and that trying to make sense of her antics was a lost cause. The Princess of the Night’s first reaction was to check the palace’s gardens; just to be sure a certain statue was still sitting there. Even if the pink pony was much too cheerful to be the dreaded spirit in disguise, it would have been the most logical explanation… She liked when things made sense. We are still expecting her to summon burning hot chocolate rain on us. We would rather not be scalded again. You'd better keep an eye on her, Queen. Celestia was the first one to break the awkward silence that her sister’s arrival had raised. “Well, now that you are here, my dear Sister, we can listen to his story - and then, we can proceed to the game.” “The …game? Weren’t we only supposed to question it?” She wasn’t sure what was the most confusing – her sister’s half-smile or the two Pinkies dancing together, shouting “Game! Game! Game!”. “At Pinkie Pie’s demand, and with our guest’s approval, we will learn about each other through a game of Truth or Dare, once we've learned more about him to confirm he's no threat.” Please don’t ask for more details, I still don’t know what’s happening here myself… Although I enjoy it a lot more than I should… Luna had a hard time to keep herself from facehoofing. Nightmare didn't make this effort, although having no physical body made the task slightly harder to pull off. Even before her …temper tantrum… that game was deemed as foalish and best left for special occasions such as birthdays or mock tea parties (Not that she ever had mock tea parties with dolls and the old castle’s servants, mind you. Not after Celestia caught her stealing in her personal reserves, at least). Sister must be bored out of her wits… You think? Nightmare was half-amused, half-irritated by the situation. She had hoped to toy a bit with a dangerous creature, not play foalish games! The Princess of the Night tried to recollect herself, to regain her sang-froid, but to no avail. It seemed to have vanished with the flour. “Well, I…We…suppose its fine?” She looked around, noticing something was amiss. “But…Where exactly is it? We have yet to be properly introduced.” The room fell silent. Everypony’s mind screamed a same thought, except for a pink pony…or two. Where the HAY did he went? --- Chance da! ("That's my chance!") "I'm right here!~" Everypony turned to Pinkie Pie #2. To their surprise, she pulled a pair of pants from her mane and put it loosely on her hind legs. ...Actually, nopony was particularly surprised. It's Pinkie Pie, after all. Yet, none of them expected what happened next. Pinkie Pie #2 reached for her face with her left hoof...And suddenly Bon Clay was standing in her place. It made everypony yelp in surprise, some falling on their rumps in shock. Nightmare would have jumped out of her skin, if she had some[1]. Pinkie Pie #1 did just that, although it turned out to be a costume of herself. Bon Clay would have questioned her need to wear a costume of herself, of all things, but he was too busy laughing his ass off. Even Celestia and Luna reacted in a less than dignified way. The Princess of the Sun and Twilight, who had been standing right next to each other, had grabbed each other and were now hugging tightly without even realizing. Luna was flabbergasted, her jaw hanging loose and her eyes opened wide. Finally, everypony returned from the land of What-the-Hay-was-that and tried to get back what little dignity they had left. Rarity wiped the foam that had formed around her lips when she passed out, making Spike promise he would never talk about this to anypony, ever. Celestia and Twilight jumped away from each other, both red as tomatoes. Fluttershy let go of Derpy, who had turned a tint of purple darker than Spike's. Applejack and Rainbow Dash discovered themselves a passion for wood carving, suddenly extremely interested in the wooden ceiling, wooden floor, wooden statues... anything but each other. They still had bright red marks were the other had grabbed them in an iron grip. Luna had recollected her thoughts, and was quick to take a photograph of her sister's flustered face. The actual photograph would appear in the old castle, just to be sure Celestia wouldn't destroy them before she made some copies. And life-sized posters. And commemorative coins. And maybe a new constellation. *cackles* I'll help you with that one, Queen! *cackles louder* [1] YOHOHOHO! SPIRIT JOKE! --- I'm screwed. I'm so screwed. The Doctor was making his way out of the library, as discreetly as he could. He had been so surprised by the sudden transformation that he reverted back to his true form... He had to run away from here as fast and discreetly as possible. Ever tried being discreet walking on a wooden floor with hooves? ...Yeah. Obviously, the floor creaked. Everypony turned around, and was taken aback by what they saw. Before them stood a green and black pony, with a long jagged horn and insect-like wings. His long, thin legs were full of hoof-sized holes. All in all, he looked like an insectoid, male Luna. With a bright red muzzle, for some reason. The strange pony gulped, sweating profusely. "There really is a rather reasonable explanation for that, you see-" He couldn't finish is sentence, as a scream outside got everypony's attention. "HELP!!!" Derpy's blood ran cold. It was Dinky's voice. Before anypony else could react, she flew outside, punching a pegasus-shaped hole through one of the library's wall. "I'M COMING MUFFIN!" --- Deleted Scene This is a scene from the original version of the story. It doesn't really fit in the story anymore, and was sort of recycled in this chapter, but that scene was just too fun to delete. Enjoy~ It was now Pinkie’s turn. “Truth or Dare? Pleasechoosedarepleasechoosedare!” “As if I could choose anything else with you! NYAHAHA! DARE!~” Bon Kurei was grinning as wide as his mouth would allow – which happened to be just as wide as Pinkie’s own mouth could open. It made them both howl of laughter, earning the duo a few terrified glares. When she managed to get back on her hooves, Pinkie shouted three words that made the whole world shiver (To this day, Applejack swears she felt the ground shake): “DO ME AGAIN!” Confused ponies stared at Pinkie, wondering what exactly she meant. Pipsqueak and Dinky were the first ones to realize what was going to happen, sending them both into a fit of giggles. “You mean like this?” --- Luna didn’t quite understand what was the issue, but she could only fear for the worst when her sister and the others fillies all bolted up at the somewhat familiar voice. It was a bit nasal…But it sounded a lot like Pinkie Pie. They all turned back to Bon-chan, their necks producing the same kind of cracks as a rusty clock. Before their eyes stood a perfect copy of Pinkie Pie. Not Pinkie Pie in two places at the same time. Not a relative or a disguise. ANOTHER. FREAKING. PINKIE “This is how Equestria will be unmade” PIE. It is the moment Common Sense, Logic and Physics decided it would be a good idea to metaphorically flee the metaphorical scene as fast as their metaphorical legs could support them. Metaphor followed them, not wanting to be left alone in this soon-to-be mental asylum. “Oh…my…” “Oh my stars!” “What in tarnation?!” “Holy muffin!” “Holy guacamole!” “Sweet Celestia!” “Sweet me!” “I..We..Errr…What?” “Don’t panic everyone! It’s…It’s probably just a trick! It gotta be!” Twilight screamed in a fit of pure, unaltered terror. It was already too late for Rarity, who passed out of sheer fear, the most un-ladylike foam covering her lips. Fluttershy was hyperventilating, clinging for dear life to Spike, who would have been crushed if it wasn’t for his iron-hard dragon skin. “It’s alright Fluttershy…I’m scared too…I’m also choking!” joked Spike in a desperate attempt to calm the situation enough to escape the killer grasp and rush to his beloved’s help. “Fool!~ That isn’t no trick! I O-ka-ma~ Oath it’s a genuine transformation!” “Okama Oath? What’s that?” asked Dinky, turning away from her distraught mother long enough to give him a raised eyebrow. He stood on her hindlegs, bringing a forehoof to his heart and another above her head. (After reading this sentence a dozen times, you should be about as confused as everypony else) He coughed a little before reciting the oath. “In warmest day, in coldest night-” He encompassed the ceiling with his hoof. “-Cross all the seas-“ This time he motioned all around him. “-Reach for the sky-“ He mimicked a bird flapping his wings. “-If I lie-“ He managed to extend one of his hindlegs behind him. “-I’ll kick myself in the eye!” He did just that – stopping a mere inch away from losing said organ. “Hey! It’s kinda like my Pinkie Promise! Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!” She laughed wholeheartedly, quickly join by the okama. “NYAHAHA! I feel like having a party!” “ *gasp* Me too! Me too! And we could have streamers and cider and cupcakes-“ “You’ve cider and cupcakes?! Alcohol and pastries?! I’m in HEAVEN!~” “Wait until you see my Party Cannon!” “You have a Party Cannon?! I fought they made those only back home!” “They make Party Cannons where you live?!” “Are you kidding me? Okamas INVENTED the Party Cannons! It’s a basic feature on our ships!” …The heated exchange kept going for a while. --- The five still psychologically functional ponies who knew Pinkie personally and a perplexed Luna simply sat there, all dealing their own way with the uncanny discussion between Pinkie Pie #1 and Pinkie Pie #2. Derpy was holding Dinky and Pip close to her, decided to keep them safe from the oncoming storm. She was now convinced she had to warn the Doc – if only to get the hay outta Equestria before the whole planet crumbled. Luna was alternatively staring at the pink duo and at their terrified audience. Why are they scared NOW? There was two of her minutes ago, for my sake! Rainbow Dash thought the whole transformation thing was cool, but as the conversation went on, the prospect of a giant party organized by the two harbingers of fun went from terrific to plain horrifying. They were going to turn the whole country into a wasteland at this rate. She was shaking, on the verge of tears. Turning to look at Applejack, she noticed the farm pony was in no better condition. Their stares finally crossed. “AJ…Hold me” “Only if ya hol’ me back.” They softly cried into each other’s mane. Twilight and Celestia were already hugging each other, eyes wide open and pupils the size of pinheads. They couldn’t avert their gaze from the unholy sight before them, knowing all too well how screwed they were if their fears were founded – which seemed more likely with every passing second. Twilight somehow managed, with great pain, to articulate a coherent and barely audible whisper. “Princess…It was an honor to be your student.” Celestia used all of her inner strength to turn to her student and nuzzle her. “Pleasure was mine, Twilight…Pleasure was mine...”